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Research project or group news

12.6.2025

Kesälomatervehdys Innovatiiviset Oppimisympäristöt -tutkimusryhmältä!

Research project or group blog post

12.6.2025

Homophobia Against LGBTQ+ People in Sub-Saharan Africa

This post recalls two voices from the fieldwork that illustrate homophobia against LGBTQ+ persons in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Dissertation news

12.6.2025

Dissertation: Advanced computer simulations support accuracy assessment in breast cancer radiotherapy (Mankinen)

Mikko Mankinen’s dissertation presents high-precision computer simulations to evaluate how well the volumetric modulated arc therapy is delivered. Mankinen defends on Thursday June 19, 2025.

Dissertation news

11.6.2025

Dissertation: Our brain uses more time and allocates extra attention while trying to understand literary metaphors

Lina Sun studied how the human brain processes literary metaphors and found that we use more brain power trying to understand them better.

Science news

11.6.2025

The Department of Biological and Environmental Science has gone from being the smallest to the largest at the University of Jyväskylä

Over the past 55 years, the Department of Biological and Environmental Science has grown into the largest department at the University of Jyväskylä. The main celebration will take place on 17 June 2025.

Public lectures, seminars and round tables

12.6.2025 - 12.6.2025

Nanoseminar: Associate Professor Stefanie Sydlik

Functional graphenic materials and polymers to improve human health

Dissertation news

11.6.2025

Bilder är inte bara dekoration – doktorsavhandling visar de många lagren av ord och bilder i äldre bilderböcker (Lundmark)

I sin avhandling har Lundmark undersökt tre klassiska bilderböcker av Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), den främsta bilderboksskaparen i Sverige under första halvan av 1900-talet.

Science news

11.6.2025

Central adiposity increases the risk for urinary incontinence

According to a recent study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, body composition is associated with symptoms of pelvic floor disorders in middle-aged women.

Riitta-Ilona Pummi-Kuusela

Grant researcher, post-graduate study right

Science events

Public lectures, seminars and round tables

26.6.2025 - 26.6.2025

BRAIN? seminar

Professor William Gaetz (University of Pennsylvania) will give a lecture titled "Cortical Reorganization After Pediatric Bilateral Hand Transplantation: Insights using Magnetoencephalography (MEG).

Dissertations

22.8.2025 - 22.8.2025

22.8.2025 MA (Educ.) Myrto Kyriazopoulou (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Teacher Education))

MA (Educ.) Myrto Kyriazopoulou defends her doctoral dissertation in teacher education "Emotional Intelligence in teacher education programs in Greece and Finland: Associations with teacher self-efficacy and motivations for choosing a teaching career".

University news

10.6.2025

Metsä Group and the University of Jyväskylä agree to start a partnership

Metsä Group and the University of Jyväskylä have signed a partnership agreement that includes a plan to promote research and develop education related to forests, the forest industry and wood-based products to better meet the needs of working life.